This Weekend Gannon University Gives Back To the City Of Erie
Posted: April 24, 2014Nearly 400 Gannon University students, faculty, staff and alumni
will dedicate this Saturday, April 26th to making the Erie area a
better place. Gannon's Day of Caring is in collaboration with the
United Way's Days of Caring, a community-wide, weeklong volunteer
event throughout the Erie community. Gannon annually designates a
Saturday during the week to participate as a reflection of the
University's foundational commitment to community engagement and
service.
Groups will volunteer citywide, but will focus on the
neighborhood surrounding campus that is part of the Erie-GAINS
(Erie-Gannon Alliances to Improve Neighborhood Sustainability)
initiative. Participants will have the opportunity to work with
signature Gannon projects, such as TreeVitalize, Little Free
Libraries and the Gannon Goodwill Garden.
"This is important for students to participate in because it
allows them to interact with their group and Erie community members
to do something positive and beneficial for Erie," said Sara
Nesbitt, program assistant at Gannon's Center for Social Concerns.
"It is important for the community because it fills a real need and
fosters good relationships between Gannon University and the city
of Erie."